I am excited for you that you've chosen to take a step towards healing. It can be scary to face your own judgments and fears. I also think some of the most beautiful experiences come from when we truly embrace our most authentic selves and it requires true strength and bravery to show up for yourself in your most authentic way vulnerabilities and all.
I know what it feels like to be lost, broken, confused, or frustrated in life. Together we can help you strengthen your abilities to cope with the twist and turns of life. Don't feel like you currently have any abilities to cope? Don't worry we can find them in you and develop them too. I believe in the healing nature of secure relationships. When you engage in therapy it's my goal to create a safe environment for you to express and explore your story. This helps us both better understand what's happening that brought you to therapy.
I work compassionately while monitoring my own life experiences and judgments to ensure I am showing up for you in the most authentic and helpful way. I welcome feedback on our work so I can improve how I work with you. Therapy with me is very collaborative, I listen and gather information, and then listen more. I want to understand you and your unique struggles. Our work together will focus on your goals and help you see improvements in the things that matter most to you. We can identify ways to cope more effectively and change old-held beliefs for a more adaptive outlook on life.
My work experience has a vast range. I've worked in homes with developmentally disabled adults, residential, day treatment, and intensive outpatient substance abuse rehabilitation centers, working on the streets with our homeless and those with severe persistent mental illness, in private practice, community mental health agencies, and in schools. Because of the various environments and unique people in each environment, I have been blessed to meet, work with, and alongside some truly amazing people. I have worked with ages 5 to 80+ years of age.
I was born and raised in Provo Utah and went to New York University for graduate school. Having spent time in two very different environments I have again been exposed to a variety of backgrounds which has made my life richer. I love to travel, I have visited England and India while seeing the inside of airports in Germany and Iceland so far. I hope to add Italy, Ireland, and Scotland to the list soon. My friends and family describe me as warm, friendly, silly, passionate, and easy to talk to.
I have often said to my clients, I may be the one with a fancy paper on the wall, but you are the expert in your life, with the ability to enact the most amazing changes. Sometimes we just have to have some guidance, support, and unconditional love and acceptance. I think you should always feel comfortable with your therapist, If you meet me and decide I am not the right fit, that is fine I would encourage you to find the therapist that is the right fit. It's when we feel supported and safe that we are better able to explore and enact lasting change in our lives.
Additional areas of focus: Addictions, Family conflicts, Intimacy-related issues, Parenting issues, Self esteem, Career difficulties, Coping with life changes, Compassion fatigue, Abandonment, Attachment issues, BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture, Caregiver issues and stress, Codependency, Commitment issues, Communication problems, Coping with natural or human-caused disaster, Divorce and separation, Drug and alcohol addiction, Emptiness, Family of origin issues, Family problems, Fatherhood issues, Forgiveness, Guilt and shame, Hearing impaired, HIV / AIDS, Infidelity, Isolation / loneliness, Jealousy, Life purpose, Men's issues, Midlife crisis, Veteran and Armed Forces Issues, Mood disorders, Multicultural concerns, Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships, Postpartum depression, Post-traumatic stress, Prejudice and discrimination, Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling), Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Self-love, Sex addiction, Sexual assault and abuse, Sexuality, Social anxiety and phobia, Women's issues, Workplace issues, Young adult issues
Clinical approaches: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Gottman Method, Mindfulness Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy
UT LCMHC 8287475-6004
CT LPC 7580
VA LPC 0701013816
These quotes represent just a few of the many positive reviews that we have received for Brandon Bunker. We don't pay anyone to provide their review and they are all made voluntarily. Some people's experience receiving therapy with BetterHelp might be different.
Brandon is great!!
Written on Oct 20, 2024 after therapy with Brandon for 1 year and 11 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, family conflicts, self esteem, anger management, coping with life changes, coaching, and adhd
He's solid.
Written on Sep 04, 2024 after therapy with Brandon for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, intimacy-related issues, anger management, and compassion fatigue
Brandon has helped me a great deal with my ADHD and anxiety! He truly is an expert, he listens and he gives solutions that work for me.
He's super flexible and understanding. I would highly recommend him as a therapist.
Written on Mar 15, 2023 after therapy with Brandon for 3 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, sleeping disorders, parenting issues, self esteem, anger management, career difficulties, compassion fatigue, and adhd
One of the best people I’ve had the pleasure of meeting and working with. Such amazing talent and amazing qualities! I would recommend Brandon in a heartbeat! He’s truly incredible at his job!
Written on Mar 02, 2023 after therapy with Brandon for 6 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, and self esteem
He was very easy to talk to, very friendly, and was someone who was very adept at making a person feel comfortable. Brandon was the first therapist I have ever talked to, and he made the experience fairly easy by being understanding, and asking questions that were great at moving the conversation in directions it needed to go.
Written on Mar 01, 2023 after therapy with Brandon for 2 months on issues concerning relationship issues, trauma and abuse, and intimacy-related issues
I really liked him and he was very professional and a great person
Written on Jan 02, 2023 after therapy with Brandon for 3 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, eating disorders, self esteem, and adhd